2019 Banking Deforestation 
A Greener Life
APRIL 9, 2023
The Ayoreo people live in the forests of the Gran Chaco in Paraguay, where protected land has been drastically deforested in recent decades. Banks including HSBC, JP Morgan and Santander have assisted the growth of both companies, with the trio having helped Minerva in share sales and finding investors on bonds worth US$1.4
Legal Planet
MARCH 15, 2022
Tropical deforestation is estimated to cause more climate warming emissions than the global transportation sector , and deforestation rates have increased despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Find more information on the 12 th Annual Meeting of the GCF Task Force here. Background on the GCF Task Force.
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Circle of Blue
JANUARY 31, 2022
Jakarta, Indonesia in 2019. A new report from the World Bank found that the majority of Indonesia’s population is exposed to water pollution, while only 12 percent of people have access to safe water. A new report from the World Bank quantifies the crisis. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue. There is a silver lining, though.
A Greener Life
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
On-the-ground research in states like West Bengal suggests that weak regulation and enforcement mechanisms allow deforestation to continue apace – in contrast to the rosy picture painted by the government. Banks fall in line to finance coal It seems that banks have also been drawn into India’s push for coal production expansion.
A Greener Life
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
The programme has ruled out using funds from the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES), as the lender has been closing its doors to financing coal-fired plants since 2018. billion in energy projects in Brazil between 2005 and 2019, according to data from Boston University’s Global Policy Development Center.
Our Environment
MAY 21, 2021
For example, the rate of deforestation in indigenous territories has increased to 71% since the Brazilian president Jair Bolsanro was elected [4]. In 2019 over two thirds of environmental activists murdered were from Latin America [5]. 5) Global witness (December 2020) – Beef, Banks and the Brazilian Amazon: [link].
HumanNature
APRIL 17, 2023
1: Floodplain wood on the banks of the Embarrass River, Illinois. Earth Surf Process Landf 44 , 624–640 (2019). Wood was historically removed from rivers for transportation (think the Mississippi River), infrastructure, and safety, but we now know that the removal of wood can significantly alter river corridors. Gurnell, J. &
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